Adjustable garment.



W. A. DIELHENN ADJ USTABLE GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25,1908.

920, 1 1 5 Patented May 4, 1909.

, UNITE s rA'r s P TENT men WILLIAM A. DIELHENN, or MASSILLONQOHXIO.

ADJUSTABLE GARMENT.

Specification of Lettere Patent.

Patented May 4, 1909,

" Application filed September '25, 1908. Serial No. 454,676.

*Teell ughcm it may) concern:

Be 't known that}, YVILLIAM DiEL- HENN, a citizen of the United States, resident of Massillon, county of Stark, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inAdjust'able Garments, of-which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I have conten'iplated ap lying that'principle, so as to distinguish it min other inventions.

My invention relates to garments, and particularly to garment-s such as petticoats or the 1ike,in which the u per edge or waistband portion is adjustab e to various'sized waists.

The object of my invention is to obtain I anadjustable garment of the above described ;ciple of the invention may be used.

In said annexed: draw1ng:Figure 1' is a perspectwe view of the upper part of a petti-' coat embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a view similar tothat of Fig. 1, showing the waistband portion of thepetticoat adjusted to assume a smaller diameter than is shown in'Fig. -1. i Fig. 3 is a fragmentar rear elevation of the petticoat showing t e placket formed therein and the relation of other parts thereto. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side elevation of the etticoat. Figs. 5 and 6 j are cross sections, on an enlarged scale, taken upon the-planes indicated by lines VV and VI VI respectively, in Fig. 1. Fig. 7 isa cross section on a similarly enlarged scale taken u on the plane indicated by line VIIVII in i.

' The main or ody ortion A of the petti coat consists of a purality of gores a a a which are stitched to each other in the usual manner, and form the outside upper garment is formed with a lacket a, of the usual constructlon and rovided with faster Ming devices, such as t e male and female members a jand a of ordinary glove fasteners, as will be readily understood. The inside upper edge portion of the garment is.

com osed of onecontin'uous strip a of fabric, whic therefore terminates at the placket and forms a waistbahd.. This strip is stitched to the upper edge portions of the gores in-two'substantially parallel lines, one being located immediately adjacent to the upper edge of the garment and the other immediately adjacent to the lower edge of the waistband, as shown in Fig. 5, thereby leaving an unobstructed space between the gores and 'thewaistband. That portion a of the front edges of the real-most gores immediately adjacent to the waistband is not into the said unobstructed space is formed. The upper edge portlons therefore of each of these rearmost gores forms, in conjunction stitched to the latter, whereby an opening with that of the waistband immediately ada jaccnt thereto, a pocket in each of which is located an adjusting band B... The rearrnost end of each band is secured in the immediate vicinity of the placket, the. one band end being secured by the-member a of the glove fastening device andthe other band end' being secured by the member c -of such device, these two members passing completely through the gores and waistband, as shown in Fig. '7. The forward ends of these adjusting members B project. from their respective openings in the pockets, as shown in the drawing, and are provided with a member of a fastening device such as the hook or an eye of a hook and eye or such as the female member of a glove fastener, the latter being shown in the drawing.

A plurality of the complementary memb'ers of the fasteningdevice, such as the male members-of a glove fastener, are secured at various points along the upper edge ortion of the part of the body portion of t 10 garment adjacent tohand forward of the rearmost ores a, as-sho'wn. It will therefore be seen t at by causing the forward ends of the adjusting bands to engage the various com- 'plementary members of the fastening devices, various diameters may be given'to the 11 per or waistband'portion of the garment, ed 9 ,1) reby permitting same to be adjusted to portion of the garment. The rear of the various sized waists. All of the gathered portion-oriullness of the garment is thereb confined to the rear Ortion thereof at whic portionit is least 0 jectionable, it being er main or body portion comprising in its strucband adjacent to said ticularly desirable in petticoats to have the side thereof, or that portion immediately over the hips, given a smooth appearance. j is shown in Fig. 4, that portion of the g gores immediately forward of the rearmost i gores and adjacent to the waistband are i turned under or cut away at an angle so as to remove a portion of the fabric immediately adjacent to the opening of the pocket. Such construction removes any impediment which the upper edge of the gores might form in the path of the fastening members B, as they are slid back and forth. This furthermore re- 5' duces the liability of a frayed edge of the gari ment being produced at this point, the finl i i l ishedappearance of the garment being thereby maintained to the tent.

What I claim therefore and desire to secure by Letters Patent is z p 1. In a garment, the combination of aj main 'or body ortion provided with a placket; a waistband terminating at said; placket, a part of said band and body por- 1 tion forming a pocket; an adjusting member in said pocket havingone end secured and the other free; and meansfor securing said free endat various points longitudinally of said band.

2. In a garment, the combination with a main or body portion; of a Waistband conf sisting of one continuous strip of fabric; a part of said band and body portion forming a pocket having one end open. v

3. Ina garment, the combination with a greatest possible exture a plurality of gores; of awaistband; part of said waistband and body-portion forming a pocket terminating with one of said i gores.

4. In a garmentjthe combination. with a l main or body portion comprising in its -structurc a plurality of gores; of a waistband con-1 sisting of one continuous band of fabric; a 5 part ol'said waistband and body portion formf ing a pocket terminating with one of said gores.

5 In a garment, the combination with a i waistband; of a plurality of gores stitched to said band along two lines running longitudinally thereof and leaving an intermediate, l'iee space forming a pocket; the lateral edge of one of said gores being free frpm the waistpocket whereby an opening into the latter is effected.

6. In a garment, the combination with a waistband; of a plurality of gores stitched to said band along two lines running longitudi- I nally thereof and leaving an intern'iediatc i free space forming a pocket; the lateral edge 1 of one of said gores being free from the waist- I band adjacently to said pocket whereby an opening into the latter may be effected; the gore contiguous to such above-named gor e being removed adjacent to said opening.

7. Ina garment, the combination of a main or body portion provided with a placket; a waistband terminating at said placket; a part of said band forming a pocket in conjunction with said body ortion; an adjusting member in said poc et; means for fastening said placket in its closed position and securing one end of said member, the other end of the latter being free; and means for securing the free end of said member in various positions longitudinally of said band.

8. In a garment, the combination of amain or body-portion formed at the rear with a Qplacket;a waistband terminating at said placket; means for securing the latter in a j closed position; and two adjusting members each having one end secured in the vicinity ,of said placket and extending forwardly therefrom; and means'for securing the forward ends of said members longitudinally of saidband.

9. Agarment provided with a placket, a pocket extending from thelatter along the at variouspoints upper edge portion of the garment and having one end open; an adjusting member within said pocket having one end secured to the garment in the vicinity of said placket and the other end projectingfrom the open end of the pocket; and means for securing suchprojecting end in various positions 1on gitudinally ment.

. 10. A garment comprising the combination of a plurality of gores forming the main or body portion of the garment, such body portion'formed at the rear with a placket; means for securing said placket in a closed position; awaistband composed of a continuous strip of fabric; said body portion and waistband jointly forming two pockets extending from the placket forward along the upper edge portion of the garment and of said edge portion of the garrespectively, terminating-with a gore and at or near the side of the garment; an adjusting band loosely placed in each of said pockets and having their rear ends secured in the vicinity ofsaid placket, the other ends of such adjusting bands projecting from said pockets; and means for securing such projecting band ends in various positions alongthe outside'of such upper edge portion of said garment. I

Signed by me, this 22nd day of Sept, 1908.

WILLIAM A. DIELHEN N Attested by:

A. E. MERKEL, WM. R. MILLER. 

